Minute books of the Cambridge Garrick Club.
MS.Add.5048: Minutes, 13 July 1833 - 12 July 1836, 124 folios.
On fo. 1v is a note on the hiring by the club of the Barnwell Theatre, 1835-1838. Attached to fo. 24 is a letter from W.H. Smith to Miss [ ] Turtle, 7 January 1834. On fo. 124 is a list of names and addresses, and on fo. 124v is a list of plays. Fos 80-123 are blank.
MS.Add.5049: Minutes, 14 July 1836 - 7 January 1842, 182 folios.
Attached to fo. 1v is a list of the committee to 25 March 1839. On fos 2v-32 is a list of performances, 8 January 1834 - 29 December 1842. Copies of the following letters occur: Henry Rance to W.C. Macready, 6 October 1836 (fo. 32); William Charles Macready to Henry Rance, October 1836 (fo. 33); J. Dimmock to [ ], 12 January 1838 (fo. 114v); J. Bowtell to the Committee of the Garrick Club, 5 February 1838 [not '1837'] (fo. 120); James Martin to the Garrick Club, 12 November 1838 (fo. 167); W.H. Smith to the editor of the Bury post, 29 November 1838 (fo. 170v); W.H. Smith to the Garrick Club, 21 November 1838 (fo. 171v). The versos are mostly blank.